Example sentences of "[be] in a [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No she answered me , she said well I have n't got time to sit down , explain it to them , they just got ta , if they 're in a high level they should be able to grasp it and I |
| 2 | If she had been in a similar position she would also have called on the nearest colleague . |
| 3 | I think if I 'd been in a Western country I would have had a lot more comeback … |
| 4 | So in some states it 's sixteen , in some states it 's eighteen , in some states twenty one er and Reagan thought it would be quite a good idea if they had uniformity across America er in which , you know , that they would raise the drinking age to twenty one er and this would then er reduce the incidence of teenage drunk driving and if you 've ever been in an American bar you will know you 're very often funnily enough they do n't ask me so much these days but you 're very often asked to prove your age , you know , er and you have to produce your driver 's licence and all the rest of it erm and so he increasing |
| 5 | If you are in a violent relationship you can get additional legal protection . |
| 6 | ‘ You are expected to perform straight away and if you are in a front-running car you are expected to perform like a front-runner immediately . |
| 7 | We need a properly thought out defence policy we are a maritime nation we are in a maritime city we need a strong navy we need a strong defence . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm in a deep hole I dug by being deep ’ ) . |
| 9 | He particularly was concerned about problems of scale as a practical problem , that is it may well be in a small town you could have a direct democracy , a face-to-face community where people can talk to each other and argue with each other and meet on a regular basis , but as soon as you get cities , countries , nations , direct democracy of any sort is erm absurd |
| 10 | Oh no I f I preferred er be in a big house you know . |
| 11 | The drawings were in a new style he had been experimenting with recently , and now , he felt , he had got it just right . |
| 12 | If they were in a Victorian novel they 'd grind the faces of the poor . |
| 13 | And he was right , the moment my shoes were in a defined area I felt better . |
| 14 | Since the birds were in a cold room I believe the filter matting provided extra protection from the low temperatures . |
| 15 | It it 's in a terrible state it really is . |
| 16 | Hope Adrian 's in a good mood You have n't seen what work he 's doing at the moment then , how does he know ? |
| 17 | If she 's in a good mood she 'll time Ted 's egg by the 8.05 to Edinburgh ; on the other hand , on a bad day she 'll shout at Ted to make his own bloody breakfast and curse at Frieda for wasting good food on her plate . |
| 18 | When he 's in a jolly mood he blames it on their potty training . |
| 19 | This may be true but presupposes that the law in question is the one which will govern the contract , whereas the reality is that for every contract governed by that law there will be another contract governed by a foreign law with which the party concerned may be unfamiliar , which is in a foreign language he does not understand , and which , when put to the test , may prove demonstrably inferior not only to his own law but to the proposed uniform law . |
| 20 | And when a man is in an ill humour he is fit company only for himself , neh ? ’ |
| 21 | Kelly was in a large room she had never seen before , lying alone , naked under a sheet . |
| 22 | It was in a little book I once got for Christmas called Ghosts and Other Weird Creatures . |
| 23 | All the same , I doubt very much that when I was in a comparable situation I would have had the same faith and determination that Tom did . |
| 24 | When I was in a fit state she asked if I would like to talk to her . |